As you may or may not have noticed, there hasn’t been professional basketball here in North America for quite some time. It’s okay if you didn’t realize it, most people didn’t. But yes, there is an NBA lockout. But, it looks like it will end as there seems to be an agreement that will allow [...]
If we told you that the NBA has been dethroned as the third-highest sport in the United States in terms of average attendance, you’d assume that the NHL was fully recovered from its own lockout seven years ago. “Good job, hockey!,” you may or may not say. But you’d be wrong. NBA has indeed lost [...]
In case you haven’t noticed, and judging by the excitement surrounding MLB and the NFL you haven’t, the NBA is in a lockout. No, it’s true. There is a work stoppage and the two sides don’t seem close to hammering out an agreement (and there is very little public pressure to do so, because…no one [...]
In case you hadn’t noticed, and judging by the minimal complaints you haven’t, the NBA is mired in a lockout. The players and owners met on Tuesday to work on a resolution, but it didn’t go so well and many think there might not be a season this year. Ken Berger of CBS quotes Los [...]
The NBA has fined Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant $100,000 for uttering a gay slur that just happened to get caught on TNT’s cameras. Apparently, he yelled “Bennie!” toward referee Bernie Adams, before adding a homophobic remark that the NBA clearly didn’t appreciate. Announcer Steve Kerr heard it and quickly tried to move on [...]
We’ll be honest. We hate the NBA Slam Dunk contest. We used to love it. Remember when Dee Brown covered his eyes? Or when Cedric Ceballos dunked with a blindfold on? Those were the good ol’ days. Now, we just don’t care. It’s the same boring dunks done over and over again. We thought they’d [...]
Last August, Miami Dolphins WR Brandon Marshall had openly talked about what he would do in the event that the NFL had a lockout. He’d need to do something to keep him busy and keep the cash flowing in, but what? You mean like, say, play in the NBA? “There’s not going to be any [...]
With many claiming that the awful shooting in Tucson, AZ was due to the vitriolic political rhetoric that currently engulfs the airwaves, it’s really time to take stock of a lot of things in life. Specifically, let’s look at the harmful, caustic rhetoric that is used in sports. Sports are very popular, thus, very influential. [...]
A source tells Sam Amick of AOL Fanhouse that the New Orleans Hornets are about to be sold…to the NBA. That’s right, according to Amick, the NBA is in the advanced stages of purchasing the Hornets, which they would own until a new owner can be found. And while it’s not set in stone that [...]
This was pretty shocking. Former NBA player Paul Shirley (who?) wrote a blog post recently stating that he wouldn’t give anything to Haiti because he didn’t know how the money would be spent and that much of the blame lies on the Haitians themselves. He asks that, “could some of you maybe use a condom [...]
Philadelphia 76ers guard Allen Iverson has averaged 14.4 points per game this season over the course of 20 games. Thus, he was rewarded for his high output with a trip to the All Star game. Some think he didn’t deserve it, but what about him? Does he feel like he should be there? “The way [...]
This is absolutely hysterical and we aren’t making this up. All the quotes are real. This dude is serious (we think). The All-American Basketball Alliance announced in a news release that they are planning on starting their inaugural season in June. So what’s so ridiculous about this league? Well….you have to be 100% white to [...]
Despite LeBron James’ pleas to the NBA to retire the #23 of Michael Jordan across the entire league, the NBA says it won’t do it. Spokesman Tim Frank said on Saturday that “retiring a player’s number is a decision that has been made by the teams” and not by the NBA. 13 players currently wear [...]
It’s official, the NBA and the referees have worked out a two-year contract and they will be back making lousy calls for superstars by the regular season. Replacement officials had been working the preseason up until now and apparently, they weren’t sufficiently poor in calling traveling and blocking fouls. They didn’t get the memo that [...]
The National Basketball Association announced some rule changes on Wednesday geared to players sitting on the bench, a place where Orlando Magic fans hope J. J. Redick remains during the entire season. PHOTO CAPTION: No, J. J., you can stand when you’re in the game…don’t make this difficult Starting this season, players will be required [...]
Here is a quick glimpse of the Philadelphia 76ers new uniforms for the upcoming NBA season. This is what they will look like as they play mediocre basketball and grab the 8th seed in the playoffs, where they will then be out on their ass against a much better team.
On Friday, the National Basketball Association, also known as the NBA, locked out their referees. Boston Celtics forward Rasheed Wallace was seen celebrating shortly after. OTR is not going into the details of why the referees got locked out, because quite frankly with Stephen A. Smith who cares, they’re referees. Does it matter what they [...]
Tim Donaghy, the NBA referee who was arrested for betting on basketball games (what’s wrong with that?) was re-arrested yesterday morning and is headed back to jail. He had been in a Tampa, FL halfway house and was supposed to be at work. Well, he wasn’t. And apparently you don’t get much leeway in a [...]